Procedures To Investigate Foodborne Illness

Author : International Association for Food Protection
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781441983961

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness by International Association for Food Protection Pdf

Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness is designed to guide public health personnel or teams in any country that investigates reports of alleged foodborne illnesses. The manual is based on epidemiologic principles and investigative techniques that have been found effective in determining causal factors of disease incidence. The guidelines are presented in the sequence usually followed during investigations and are organized so that an investigator can easily find the information needed in any phase of an investigation. Included are descriptions of the following procedures: Plan, prepare, investigate and respond to intentional contamination of food Handle illness alerts and food-related complaints that may be related to illness Interview ill persons, those at risk, and controls Develop a case definition Collect and ship specimens and food samples Conduct hazard analysis (environmental assessments) at sites where foods responsible for outbreaks were produced, processed, or prepared Trace sources of contamination Identify factors responsible for contamination, survival of pathogenic microorganisms or toxic substances, and/or propagation of pathogens Collate and interpret collected data Report information about the outbreak This edition also contains extensively updated and more user-friendly keys to assist investigators in identifying the contributing factors that may lead to the contamination, proliferation or survival of agents of foodborne disease.

Author : International Association for Food Prote
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 144198397X

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness by International Association for Food Prote Pdf

Author : International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foodborne diseases
ISBN : WISC:89063834014

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness by International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man Pdf

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789241547222

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Foodborne Disease Outbreaks by World Health Organization Pdf

"These guidelines have been written for public health practitioners, food and health inspectors, district and national medical officers, laboratory personnel and others who may undertake or participate in the investigation and control of foodborne disease outbreaks."--P. 4 of cover.

Author : International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Food poisoning
ISBN : PSU:000005894635

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness by International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man Pdf

Author : International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man. Food Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Food poisoning
ISBN : WISC:89032817587

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness by International Association of Milk, Food, and Environmental Sanitarians. Committee on Communicable Diseases Affecting Man. Food Subcommittee Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foodborne diseases
ISBN : UCBK:C095488072

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Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response by Anonim Pdf

Author : International Association for Food Protection
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319260273

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Procedures to Investigate Waterborne Illness by International Association for Food Protection Pdf

Written by a team of international experts, this third edition designed to guide public health personnel or teams in any country that investigates reports of alleged waterborne illnesses. The manual is based on epidemiologic principles and investigative techniques that have been found effective in determining causal factors of disease incidence. The guidelines are presented in the sequence usually followed during investigations and are organized so that an investigator can easily find the information needed in any phase of an investigation. The book services as a guide to: • Develop a waterborne disease surveillance and emergency operations program • Handle illness alerts and water-related complaints that may be related to illness • Interview ill persons, those at risk, and controls • Develop a case definition • Transport water specimens and clinical specimens • Trace sources of contamination • Identify factors responsible for contamination, survival of pathogenic microorganisms or toxic substances, and/or propagation of pathogens • Collate and interpret collected data • Report information about the outbreak This edition has been extensively updated. A section has been added on water not intended for drinking as a source of illness. The chapter on “collection and analysis of data” has been significantly expanded to explain how data is collected and used to suggest possible vehicles, routes, and agents. The book is designed to improve the quality of investigation of outbreaks and disease surveillance. The International Association for Food Protection is a non-profit association of food safety professionals. Dedicated to the life-long educational needs of its Members, IAFP provides Members with an information network through its two scientific journals (Food Protection Trends and Journal of Food Protection), its educational Annual Meeting, international meetings and symposia along with international interaction between food safety professionals.

Author : Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption,Institute of Medicine,Board on Agriculture,Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309593403

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Ensuring Safe Food by Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption,Institute of Medicine,Board on Agriculture,Institute of Medicine and National Research Council Pdf

How safe is our food supply? Each year the media report what appears to be growing concern related to illness caused by the food consumed by Americans. These food borne illnesses are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues, and food additives. Recent actions taken at the federal, state, and local levels in response to the increase in reported incidences of food borne illnesses point to the need to evaluate the food safety system in the United States. This book assesses the effectiveness of the current food safety system and provides recommendations on changes needed to ensure an effective science-based food safety system. Ensuring Safe Food discusses such important issues as: What are the primary hazards associated with the food supply? What gaps exist in the current system for ensuring a safe food supply? What effects do trends in food consumption have on food safety? What is the impact of food preparation and handling practices in the home, in food services, or in production operations on the risk of food borne illnesses? What organizational changes in responsibility or oversight could be made to increase the effectiveness of the food safety system in the United States? Current concerns associated with microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards in the food supply are discussed. The book also considers how changes in technology and food processing might introduce new risks. Recommendations are made on steps for developing a coordinated, unified system for food safety. The book also highlights areas that need additional study. Ensuring Safe Food will be important for policymakers, food trade professionals, food producers, food processors, food researchers, public health professionals, and consumers.

Author : Yasmine Motarjemi,Martin Adams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0849334292

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Emerging foodborne pathogens by Yasmine Motarjemi,Martin Adams Pdf

Developments such as the increasing globalization of the food industry, constant innovations in technologies and products, and changes in the susceptibility of populations to disease have all highlighted the problem of emerging pathogens, either newly discovered through more sensitive analytical methods, linked for the first time to disease in humans, or newly associated with a particular food. Designed for microbiologists and quality assurance professionals and for government and academic food safety scientists, this timely reference discusses ways of identifying emerging pathogens and includes chapters on individual pathogens, their epidemiology, methods of detection, and means of control.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309259361

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Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach by Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats Pdf

Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to health. In the United States, food-borne agents affect 1 out of 6 individuals and cause approximately 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year. This figure likely represents just the tip of the iceberg, because it fails to account for the broad array of food-borne illnesses or for their wide-ranging repercussions for consumers, government, and the food industry-both domestically and internationally. A One Health approach to food safety may hold the promise of harnessing and integrating the expertise and resources from across the spectrum of multiple health domains including the human and veterinary medical and plant pathology communities with those of the wildlife and aquatic health and ecology communities. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop on December 13 and 14, 2011 that examined issues critical to the protection of the nation's food supply. The workshop explored existing knowledge and unanswered questions on the nature and extent of food-borne threats to health. Participants discussed the globalization of the U.S. food supply and the burden of illness associated with foodborne threats to health; considered the spectrum of food-borne threats as well as illustrative case studies; reviewed existing research, policies, and practices to prevent and mitigate foodborne threats; and, identified opportunities to reduce future threats to the nation's food supply through the use of a "One Health" approach to food safety. Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach: Workshop Summary covers the events of the workshop and explains the recommendations for future related workshops.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization,Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309180245

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Food Safety and Foodborne Disease Surveillance Systems by Food and Agriculture Organization,World Health Organization,Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Pdf

In October 2004 the Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases of Shaheed Beheshti University hosted in Tehran an Iranian-American workshop on Food Safety and Surveillance Systems for Foodborne Diseases. The purposes of the workshop were to initiate contacts between Iranian and American specialists, exchange information about relevant activities in the two countries, and set the stage for future cooperation in the field. The participants also identified important aspects of food safety that should be addressed more intensively by both countries, including surveillance, research, international trade, and risk assessment. The framework for the workshop had been developed during a meeting of Iranian and American specialists in June 2003 in Les Treilles, France. More that 100 specialists participated in the workshop in their personal capacities, along with representatives of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization. These proceedings include a number of papers that were presented at the workshop together with summaries of discussions following presentation of the papers.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Review of the Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309163583

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Enhancing Food Safety by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on the Review of the Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food Pdf

Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and preventing foodborne diseases. Although it is not solely responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees monitoring and intervention for 80 percent of the food supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abilities to discover potential threats to food safety and prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness are hampered by impediments to efficient use of its limited resources and a piecemeal approach to gathering and using information on risks. Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration, a new book from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, responds to a congressional request for recommendations on how to close gaps in FDA's food safety systems. Enhancing Food Safety begins with a brief review of the Food Protection Plan (FPP), FDA's food safety philosophy developed in 2007. The lack of sufficient detail and specific strategies in the FPP renders it ineffectual. The book stresses the need for FPP to evolve and be supported by the type of strategic planning described in these pages. It also explores the development and implementation of a stronger, more effective food safety system built on a risk-based approach to food safety management. Conclusions and recommendations include adopting a risk-based decision-making approach to food safety; creating a data surveillance and research infrastructure; integrating federal, state, and local government food safety programs; enhancing efficiency of inspections; and more. Although food safety is the responsibility of everyone, from producers to consumers, the FDA and other regulatory agencies have an essential role. In many instances, the FDA must carry out this responsibility against a backdrop of multiple stakeholder interests, inadequate resources, and competing priorities. Of interest to the food production industry, consumer advocacy groups, health care professionals, and others, Enhancing Food Safety provides the FDA and Congress with a course of action that will enable the agency to become more efficient and effective in carrying out its food safety mission in a rapidly changing world.

Author : United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Microbiology Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Agricultural microbiology
ISBN : MINN:31951D017531255

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Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook by United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Microbiology Division Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Food poisoning
ISBN : MINN:31951T002130775

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Foodborne Disease Surveillance, Annual Summary by Anonim Pdf